PODCAST · society
Catchupcast
by Ethan & Isaac
Catchupcast is a podcast that features Isaac and Ethan, who have conversations about whatever is on their minds and keep up with what is going on in each other's lives in order to save their friendship!
Episodes
-
62. The Steering Tire
It's Nautical Week here on Catchupcast! Join us as we discuss the ocean-centric books we've been reading (In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex & The Devil and the Dark Water), the horrors of being stranded at sea, and Assassins Creed: Adventures in Whaling! We celebrate the...
-
61. Can't Love You More Than Our Hometown, Part Two
In Part Two of our Sixtieth Episode Spectacular, Ethan and Isaac reminisce about growing up and finish up their virtual tour of their hometown! We hope you enjoy it as much as we did! The recent decision by the US Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade is a despicable attack on reproductive…
more -
59. The Soup in the Tree is Free
You guys like sports, right? Get ready for some VERY dated sports talk as Isaac and Ethan chat about the Winter Olympics! This episode of Catchupcast has it all! Speedy audio! Bean oil! Obtaining ducks! Meme research! We debate sword-wielding orangutans and the chicken waiting in your car, as…
more -
58. This is the Way
Hello there! It has been far too long since we last released an episode, but hopefully our editor has finally gotten their act together and is gonna start pumping episodes out (No promises though)! This episode of Catchupcast sees Ethan and Isaac getting relaxed and discussing The Mandalorian…
more -
57. The Chicken Has the High Ground
Happy 2022! Oh wait, it's March? Whoops! In the latest episode of Catchupcast, Isaac and Ethan face the Wisconsin Snowbug, figure out how to wear a scarf, and discuss quadrilogies and sextologies, handy wrecking balls, Taylor Swift (of course!), chickens vs. elephants, tinder tips, love…
more -
56. 22222
In this timely installment of Catchupcast, Ethan and Isaac lament living in the dark alternate Back to the Future Part II timeline before discussing sleeping surfaces, going home, and funny kids. They do some small talk role-play, fall into a catharsis hole, evaluate the genuineness of podcasts,...
-
55. Men in Debt
Wow, we haven't published an episode since last year! Sorry for the delay, life has been CRAZY! Hopefully you'll forgive us! In this very ill-timed holiday episode, Isaac and Ethan discuss tracking Santa Claus, Christmas shopping, holiday blues, CIA New Years, Christmas anthems, children's…
more -
Happy New Year and Update
Happy 2022! This is just a brief update to let you guys know what’s happening with Catchupcast! Long story short, we’ve got lots of episodes on the way, Ethan’s just bad at editing them.
-
54. Don't Shoot the Shit till the Shit is Done
We recorded this episode early in November, and then, between life and the holidays, didn't have time to edit/release it until now. Sorry about that! In this episode (which is a milestone for us), we talk about libraries, dangerous tea, an arbitrary and difficult canoe trip, an impromptu…
more -
53. Smokey Bear is Gonna Have Your Ass, Bud
In the latest episode of Catchupcast, Isaac encounters a forest set ablaze and Ethan finds himself in smokey peril, which makes this, statistically, our most lit episode to date! Also, we ponder inspirational garbage, the many cults of Western New York, the infinity of human literature, a...
-
52. Finding the Story
Welcome to episode 52 of Catchupcast! If we were releasing weekly, this would mark a year since we started the show! But, since podcasting is hard and we are busy, it's actually been three and a half years! Whoops! In this episode, Isaac and Ethan talk about a pizza hybrid, Isaac's adventure…
more -
51. Chill Vibes
After our big 50th anniversary episode, we're feeling kinda sleepy, so prepare yourselves for some weird energy this episode! In this installment of Catchupcast, Ethan and Isaac discuss their former classmate, Lil Jeff; attachment styles, silence, alcohol, accent stories, vaccines, and…
more -
50. Fifty and Damn Proud of It
It's our Fiftieth Anniversary celebration!! After all these years, we are so so proud to bring you this special episode, featuring our THIRD-EVER GUEST, our old friend Keenan! After first revisiting some questions from a very long time ago, we hear all about Keenan's script doctoring business and...
-
49. High School Rabbit Hole
Ethan and Isaac dig even deeper into the nostalgia well in this latest episode of Catchupcast, this time remembering musicals, attempts at wooing, prom, stolen ray guns, and a double date with a math teacher. And if that wasn't enough, they also find time to talk about the sameness of adult life,...
-
48. Dainty Red Garbage Can
Happy August! Summer sure has gone quickly, hasn't it? Or maybe it hasn't and time is just losing all meaning. Anyway! Isaac and Ethan start this episode off with a pop tart metaphor, then launch into all kinds of tangents! Like hot water woes and letting the bedbugs bite! And adventure…
more -
47. Don't Mess With Lord Pizza
It's too damn hot! To beat the heat, Ethan and Isaac spend this episode discussing hanging out in person, Mario Kart disagreements, introspection, the Airport Realm, riding the rails, a hypothetical Snowpiercer (spoilers ahead), beach days, pizza zones, delivery robots with surprising features,...
-
46. Rich Capitalist Nightmare Man
Welcome to the latest installment of Hatcast, where we examine the many marvelous hats of Isaac and Ethan! Once they're done donning their chapeaus, they'll engage in some tea talk before launching into discussions on paddling, mad eyeball science, pirate lore, fast food guilt, meal indecision,...
-
45. Probably Other Things
We always start out with lists of discussion topics, but oh so often we find ourselves going down tangents and rabbit holes and ending up somewhere completely different than we thought we would, which is how we spend a good chunk of this episode critiquing the naming methods of a certain pizza...
-
44. CYBERGHOST: A Disney Channel Original Movie
Sorry for the hiatus! It was not intentional, but unfortunately the person who edits our podcast is super lazy. Luckily, we're finally back with a brand-new episode featuring all your favorite things about the show! Headphone life cycles, the art of unlocking cell phones, listing the names of...
-
43. The Fastest Sani Draw This Side of the Mississippi
Ethan and Isaac spend the duration of this exciting Catchupcast installment discussing lots of things, including letting things go, children's immune systems, dad skills, rusty social skills, laugh tracks and problematic television, BHMF, Choose Your Own Adventure stories, hand sanitizer for...
-
42. Intergalactic Australia
This week, Isaac and Ethan have Mars Mania! Get ready for some interSTELLAR conversations! Also, they talk about their weekly rituals, white water kayaking, buddy board shenanigans, pizza, shower thoughts, time travel, nudists' shoe of choice, favorite cereals, favorite weather, monkey copyright...
-
41. Not Our First Boat Conversation
As the title implies, there are many boat stories to be heard in this episode, including Isaac's strange canoe trip, Ethan's scary kayak experience, and a mysterious mission briefing for Agent Isaac! Don't worry, though, there's still lots in this episode for the less nautically-oriented. Ethan…
more -
40. The Nectar and Ambrosia of Our Childhood
Episode 40 of Catchupcast! In this momentous episode, Isaac and Ethan look back on the early days of their friendship--lunch table empires, badminton tournaments, elementary school anthems, first jobs, rusty bridges, and an expedition through a mysterious tunnel. Also in this episode are...
-
39. The Patreon of Being a Person
On this installment of Catchupcast, Ethan and Isaac talk about making the most of time off, but also about how it's important to let yourself rest (or recharge by getting lost and escaping your comfort zone). They also ponder obsessions, duck diets, the distant dream of being a homeowner…
more -
38. License to Podcast
Solve your glasses woes forever by getting in on the ground floor of our new kickstarter! Or, if you'd rather just listen to a podcast, you can tune in this week to hear Isaac and Ethan discussing the stock market, vanishing sidewalks, venmoing senators, sunglasses fashion, movie theatre…
more -
37. Snowshuterie
Ethan and Isaac begin this episode by describing and reviewing the furniture in their apartments, before moving on to riveting topics like the Coffeeshop Reset, thrifting and destiny, neighborhood exploration, Isaac's new pants, karma and working with children, fulfillment from jobs, cheese...
-
36. Introduce Your Name to the Ducks
It's a new year! Or so we've heard. Doesn't feel much different yet, but there's a new US President which is pretty cool! And a new episode of Catchupcast! In this episode, Isaac and Ethan regale each other with tales of lake bonfires and Christmas speedruns, as well as shower statistics and…
more -
35. A Very Catchupcast Christmas
Happy Christmas Eve, if you celebrate, and Happy Holidays! This week, we get incredibly nostalgic, remembering holiday traditions and debating our favorite Christmas cookies. Oh, we also go off about Taylor Swift for a while, learn cold weather camping tips, compare grocery shopping habits, share...
-
34. A Sexy Sonnet
This week, Isaac and Ethan make dinner together while discussing Thanksgiving, an unexpected streaming service, Ethan's newest furry family member, embarrassing memories and lost loves, adventures in Tupper Lake, NY; the intricacies of navigation, plant parenting experiences, and, yet again…
more -
33. Spork Savior
How many times can Ethan and Isaac say the word "spooky" in one episode? Turns out, so many. In this installment of Catchupcast, the boys recount their very different experiences of Election week, their Halloween nights, review some movies, ponder epinephrine, reflect on the amorphous blob of...
-
32. Dinner at Isaac's!
Welcome to Isaac's humble abode! Pull up a chair and relax as he prepares a delicious home-cooked meal! Also, sit back and listen as he and Ethan talk about writing, spontaneous adulthood, spooky CPR equipment, a pumpkin spice controversy, a produce conundrum, bony friends, camping with doggos,...
-
31. Just a Weird Synchronicity in the Matrix
We're back, just in time for Spooky Season! Although, really, things are pretty spooky all the time these days. In this episode, Isaac describes his new life in a new state, Ethan details his sudden relocation to the mountains (and his survivor's guilt), and then, among other things, they discuss...
-
30. Live Free and Die
In our last episode before yet another summer hiatus, Ethan and Isaac get right down to business, unpacking the learning curve from Isaac's first-ever smartphone. After that, they complain about social media (soch meads?) for quite a while, and talk about Dr. Zoom, the dangers of Sun Madness…
more -
29. Field Guide of the Future
After swapping Starbucks stories, Isaac and Ethan spend a while talking about botany, Good Ol' Musky, Isaac's new CONFIDENTIAL job, the pandemic (WEAR A MASK), Tiger King again (CW: Suicide), their favorite multiplayer games, and Ethan details his latest quest in Animal Crossing. Oh, and...
-
28. The Cookie Co-Op
On this vaguely graduation-themed episode, Ethan and Isaac discuss how it feels to finish undergrad during a pandemic. They recount their final days of college (involving a chaotic Zoom call and a Hobbit-y final paper), debate hobbies vs. careers, give a brief history of celluloid, and then…
more -
27. The New Normal
Isaac and Ethan take a break from adapting to remote learning (involving a cancelled senior film and a newly-virtual senior project) to discuss their quarantine activities, which leads to a fifteen-minute dissertation on Animal Crossing. Isaac reviews Parasite and Tiger King, Ethan plans to…
more -
26. Coffee Squared, Parts 1 & 2
In this episode, Ethan and Isaac spend a frankly impressive amount of time talking about coffee, travel mugs, and foolish mug practices. They also discuss Isaac's trip to Peru, Ethan's snowman murder, mullets, skiing, werewolf astronauts, Vermont's practice of human sacrifice, and we get a sneak...
-
25. Quality Content
Ethan and Isaac are joined this week by our SECOND-EVER GUEST, Danny (who is from the future!)! Over the course of this extended episode, they discuss words that only work in certain accents, secret wheels, soup and sandwich loopholes, the Notty Notto Market, discuss climbing adventures, Party...
-
24. Meditations on Wilderness, and also Cats
We recorded this early in January but I'm bad at uploading, so all our "new decade" jokes are slightly dated. Other than that, though, on this installment of Catchupcast we ruminate on Jeff Bezos's Exoskeleton Army, fictional universes and the opportunities for creative expression within them,...
-
23. Folly
Happy New Year! Start 2020 off the right way with a brand-new episode of Catchupcast! In this wordplay-heavy episode, Ethan and Isaac discuss copyright laws (exciting stuff!), more Herzog, modes of education, the importance of skill versus gear in backpacking and filmmaking, how to address...
-
22. Back in the Groove
After a lengthy, summer-camp/microphone issues-induced hiatus, we return with what is perhaps a more tired episode than usual. Ethan and Isaac catch each other up on their recent endeavors, as well as discuss their coffee addictions, their latest streaming service binges (all hail Baby Yoda!), an...
-
21. Ethan's List
In our last episode before a summer hiatus, Ethan and Isaac tackle a list of conversation topics from the mind of Ethan, discussing Mt. Everest, movies (Ethan is an idiot who can't figure out movies from very obvious specific details), birthdays and growing up (including the tale of Isaac's 21st...
-
20. A Dead Cow in the Big Apple
Isaac returns from the desert on the exciting TWENTIETH EPISODE (!!!) of Catchupcast! He and Ethan swap stories of the adventures they have gotten up to during their hiatus, as well as discuss vortexes and black holes, donuts, an encounter with celebrity podcasters the McElroys, and, as they tend...
-
19. C'est la Morte!
In this special feature-length episode of Catchupcast, Ethan, Isaac, and our FIRST-EVER GUEST Matt discuss sandwiches, murder (or maybe assassination?), chickens and eggs, describe some images they can see but you can't, and then learn a lot about death and burial! Catchupcast is a podcast that...
-
7. Return of the Cast
The long-awaited return of Catchupcast! In this post-hiatus episode, Ethan and Isaac open their own bank and discuss the art of cooking, hiking, summer camp, and mindfulness. Catchupcast is a podcast that features Isaac and Ethan, who have conversations about whatever is on their minds and keep…
more -
18. The Lost Episode II: Camp Catchupcast
In this post-accidental hiatus episode, we return to the past of Catchupcast with our second "lost episode", an attempt at recording episode seven a second time. Isaac goes to prison, we throw a sex toy party, discuss other podcasts in our lives (but we're NOT cheating on each other), learn about…
more -
17. The Existential Crisis That Is Temporal Existence
In this installment of your favorite friendship-preserving podcast, Ethan and Isaac remind you that you will die, and deal with (aka repress) several other existential issues. Seriously, there's a LOT of talk about death in this one. Like half the episode is death-related discussions. Yikes. They...
-
16. The Lost Episode I: Ethan and Isaac Go to the Oscars
At the end of this episode, Isaac actually provides a really good list of what we discuss this week, so I’ll quote that instead of writing a description myself: “[This is] our Oscar-themed podcast...where we talked about high school gym class, and ski orienteering, and contra dancing, and speed...
-
15. We Talk a Lot About Writing and Sing a Little Bit
This week on Catchupcast, Ethan and Isaac take a break from their favorite Serengeti animals, examine the dual meanings behind all written pieces, sing some Disney songs (please don't sue us), discuss their writing projects and writing in general, teach mug etiquette, and talk about beauty too...
-
14. We Discuss Condiments
We lied to you, listeners. On this episode of Catchupcast, Ethan and Isaac finally get around to the topic of condiments. That's not all we talk about, though. We also discuss work ethic, mundane bucket lists, sitcoms, revisit bees and a Jerry Seinfeld classic, awards shows, and the greatest...
We're indexing this podcast's transcripts for the first time — this can take a minute or two. We'll show results as soon as they're ready.
No matches for "" in this podcast's transcripts.
No topics indexed yet for this podcast.
Loading reviews...
Loading similar podcasts...
Frequently Asked Questions
How many episodes does Catchupcast have?
Catchupcast currently has 62 episodes available on PodParley. New episodes are automatically indexed when they're published to the podcast feed.
What is Catchupcast about?
Catchupcast is a podcast that features Isaac and Ethan, who have conversations about whatever is on their minds and keep up with what is going on in each other's lives in order to save their friendship!
How often does Catchupcast release new episodes?
Catchupcast has 62 episodes. Check the episode list to see recent publication dates and frequency.
Where can I listen to Catchupcast?
You can listen to Catchupcast on PodParley by clicking any episode. We provide an embedded audio player for direct listening, and you can also subscribe via your preferred podcast app using the RSS feed.
Who hosts Catchupcast?
Catchupcast is created and hosted by Ethan & Isaac.
URL copied to clipboard!